Rail-fastening.



W. J. SCHWAB. RAIL FASTENING. APPLIUATION FILED SEPT. 9, 1912.

1,076,790. Patented 001.223,1913.

entre i -L1 'llltlllitllh WLLIAIVL J'. SCHWAB, GF CHCAGO, ILLINOIS.

RAIL-FASTENIN Gr.

T all wtom t may concern lle it known that l, WILLIAM J. Sonwan,

a citizen of the United States, and a resi` dent of the city oi' Chicago, county of Cook, and State ot lllinois, have invented certain new and useful linproveinents in Rail-llastenings, ot' which the following is a specilication.

My invention relates to improvements in rail itastenings and has for its object the production of a fastening through the medium oit which a rail may be secured to a tie without employing spikes or the like, such as are used at the present time for this purpose.

A fuid'her object is the production oit a fastening which will constantly exert a torce upon the rail to hold the same in proper position upon the tie and which will 4seri-.fe to prevent looseningl oi the rail through usage such as results at the present time by reason oi' the securing spikes becomino loosened.

A. liurther object is the production oit a fastening which will be of simple and eco* nomical construction and efficient in use.

@ther objects will appear hereinali'ter.

My invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

rlhe invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which Figure l is a transverse section of a pair of rails mounted upon a tie, said rails being fastened to said tie through the medium of a fastening einliodying` my invention, one end oit said fastening being shown in section, Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the tie, a fragment of one rail being shown thereon, llig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 illustrating the arrangement employed at the juncture of two abutting rail ends, Fig. Ll is a tragmentary sectional view of the construction shown in Fig. 3,`and Fig. 5 is a perspective view ci? the lish plate employed in conjunc tion with the fastening.

Referring now to the drawings wherein is illustrated the preferred torni of my tastoning, a conventional railway tie is shown at l upon which is mounted. a pair oli' rails 2. The fastening for securing said rails to said tie comprises an elongated bar 3 which is arranged under said rails, extending between the same and along one ot the lengt Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led September 9, 1912.

Patented Got. g8, 1913.

Serial No. 719,342.

tudina-l edges oi' the tie, said bar 3 being of a length such that the ends thereof will project slightly beyond the outer edges of the rail bases. Engaging over the rail be es are plates fl, the innermost of said plates being secured to bar 3 in clamping relation with said rail bases through the medium ol bolts 5 and nuts Plates a arranged at the outer sides of said rails are secured to bar 3 in clamping relation with said rail bases through the medium of bolts 7 and nuts 8. Said bolts 5 and 7 are so arranged that the same engage against the opposite edges of the bases of the rails so as to prevent lateral movement of the latter.

The lower ends ot bolts l are connected with the upper ends of helical tension springs 9, the latter being threaded upon the lower ends of said bolts, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. The lower hooked ends of said springs engage the perforated adjacent ends ot angular hoolted inen'ibers l0 which engage around the tic, as clearly shown in the several views, the upper ends ll of the members l0 being turned inwardlyr to engage over the tie in order to hold said members 10 in secure engagement with the tie. The arrangement is such that the springs 9 will exert a cous-tant pull or prese sure upon the bars 3 in order to securely hold the rails 9. upon the tie. lt it is desired to increase the tension ol" said spri it is only required to thread the saine ther up upon the bolts 7. rllhns, it will be seen, that the rails will be securely 'fastened to the ties and without the employment ott spikes or other analogous securing devices.

it the juncture ol two adjacentends ot abutting rail sections, securing devices oi the construct-ion set forth will be employed at either side of the tie at which the jointis located, as clearly shown in 3. ln this case, however, securing plates 4l of angular 'form will be employed, the upi wardly extending portions l2 of said plates being adapted to engage against the fish plates 13 employed at opposite sides of the rail at the joint. -lln order to prevent longitudinal movement of said fish plates, tl e members 4t are pro-vided with inwardly eX- tending tongues lil which engage recesses l5 provided in the outer sides oi said tish plates at the extremities thereof, as clearly7 shown in Figs. l and 5.

,While l have illustrated and described the preferred torni ot construction tor carrying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the exact details as set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the ap pended claims.

Having described my invention, what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: V

l. The combination with a tie and a rail mounted upon said tie, of means for fastening said rail to said tie, said means comprising a plate adapted to engage over the base of said rail; a hook member adapted to engage around said tie; and a tension spring connecting said plate and said hook member, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a tie and a pair of rails mounted upon said tie, of means for fastening said rails to said tie, said means comprising a bar arranged under and eX- tending between said rails; means engaging the bases of said rails for fastening the same to said bar; and means for resiliently fastening said bar to said tie, substantially as described.

8. The combination with a tie and a pair of rails mounted upon said tie, of means for fastening said rails to said tie, said means comprising a bar arranged under and eX- tending between said rails; means engaging the bases of said rails for fastening the same to said bar; means for resiliently fastening said bar to said tie7 said last mentioned means comnrising hook members engaging around said tie; and tension springs connecting the ends of said bars and said hook members, substantially as described.

t. The combination with a tie and a pair of rails mounted upon said tie, of means for fastening said rails to said tie, said means comprising a bar arranged under and ex'- tending between said rails; plat-es engaging the bases of said rails; bolts passing through said plates and said bars for holding said plates in clamping relation with said rail bases, said bolts engaging against the edges of said rail bases; and resilient means cooperating with said bolts for yieldingly fas,- tening said bars to said tie, substantially as described.

5. The combination with a tie and a pair of rails mounted upon said tie, of means for fastening said rails to said tie, said means comprising a bar arranged under and eX- tending between said rails, angular plates engaging the bases of said rails ;V fish plates arranged against the webs of said rails, said angular plates engaging against the outer sides of said sli plates and entering recesses provided in said sides of said fish plates; means for securing said angular plates to said bars; and tension springs connecting said bars with ysaid tie, substantially as described.

6. The combination with a tie and a pair of rails mounted upon said tie, of means for fastening said rails to said tie, said means comprising a pair of bars arranged under and extending between said rails and along the longitudinal edges of said tie; angular plates engaging the bases of said rails; fish plates engaging against the outer sides of said sli plates; means for securing said angular plates to said bars; and resilient means for fastening the ends of said bar to said tie7 substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

VILLIAM J. SCHWAB.

Vitnesses:

JOSHUA R. H. Po'rTs, A. A. OLSON.

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